buffeted

verb

Meaning

To strike with a buffet; to cuff; to slap.
To aggressively challenge, denounce, or criticise.
To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against.
To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.
Battered, especially by strong wind.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

tempest-tossed(English)troubled(English)storm-tossed(English)tempest-swept(English)tempest-tost(English)beset(English)shattered(English)tarnished(English)caulking(English)gales(English)westerly(English)shaken(English)

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Sources

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